brianlh
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I've been trying to get my new lowering springs installed, and I've been having a ton of issues on the back. The fronts went in with only the expected hassle, just shaking and tight bolts etc. The rears, however, have been a massive headache.
The first question is that they appear to be labelled backwards. I'm putting images in (hopefully, this is my first thread). I've got the L and R next to each other, and the upper and lower isolators from the R of the car only fit on the spring labelled L. R appears to be coiled backwards. Not really an issue, but confusing for sure.
The main issues have been removing the shock, spring, and installing the new spring. I cannot seem to physically remove the shock, it seems too big for the hole. I guess the non-magneride is much easier to remove, but there has to be a method for getting the magneride out, right?
As far as the spring, I was able to get it out after wedging a 4ft prybar between the rotor and frame, and have someone stand on it. Even then, it barely got low enough to slip out. Every video I've seen shows them pull it out with just some minor wiggling and bouncing. This was hours of effort for us. The subframe was free hanging on that side.
The install is going even worse. I can't seem to get it to seat fully in the bottom, because it runs into either the sway bar on the left, the axle on the right, and the thing it needs to seat into up top in the middle. It seems like it's about three inches too big to fit properly, but it's the same size as the old one.
I'm not really sure where to go from here. I guess I can try removing the sway bar to get a bit more room and flex for the cradle?
Am I forgetting anything? I've watched a bunch of videos and read other posts and it seems like I've done everything, I have no clue why it's so difficult.
The first question is that they appear to be labelled backwards. I'm putting images in (hopefully, this is my first thread). I've got the L and R next to each other, and the upper and lower isolators from the R of the car only fit on the spring labelled L. R appears to be coiled backwards. Not really an issue, but confusing for sure.
The main issues have been removing the shock, spring, and installing the new spring. I cannot seem to physically remove the shock, it seems too big for the hole. I guess the non-magneride is much easier to remove, but there has to be a method for getting the magneride out, right?
As far as the spring, I was able to get it out after wedging a 4ft prybar between the rotor and frame, and have someone stand on it. Even then, it barely got low enough to slip out. Every video I've seen shows them pull it out with just some minor wiggling and bouncing. This was hours of effort for us. The subframe was free hanging on that side.
The install is going even worse. I can't seem to get it to seat fully in the bottom, because it runs into either the sway bar on the left, the axle on the right, and the thing it needs to seat into up top in the middle. It seems like it's about three inches too big to fit properly, but it's the same size as the old one.
I'm not really sure where to go from here. I guess I can try removing the sway bar to get a bit more room and flex for the cradle?
Am I forgetting anything? I've watched a bunch of videos and read other posts and it seems like I've done everything, I have no clue why it's so difficult.
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